📍 𝐍𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐀𝐋:

As the Trump administration leaves 232,000 Salvadorans in limbo over their Temporary Protected Status, workers are already losing their jobs. Salvadoran TPS holders have been laid off or pulled from jobs at construction sites, hospitals, hotels and federal facilities. #AbuseOfPowerWatch

📍 𝐍𝐎𝐑𝐓𝐇 𝐂𝐀𝐑𝐎𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐀:

Nearly 90% of immigration cases completed in Charlotte this year have ended in deportation orders — up from about 62% last year and 50% in 2024. #AbuseOfPowerWatch

On this week’s #AbuseOfPowerWatch newsletter:

➡️ Salvadoran TPS holders left w/o clarity about their status
➡️ Undocumented 9/11 cleanup workers still without legal status decades later
➡️ The Trump admin. renewed effort to exclude undocumented immigrants from the 2030 Census

✍️: @tusk81.bsky.social

📍 𝐓𝐄𝐗𝐀𝐒:

Children at ICE’s Dilley family detention center are being held for months in conditions advocates say are designed to pressure their parents into giving up their legal cases and accepting deportation. #AbuseOfPowerWatch

📍 𝐖𝐀𝐒𝐇𝐈𝐍𝐆𝐓𝐎𝐍, 𝐃.𝐂.:

The Trump administration is suing D.C. to strip undocumented students of access to in-state tuition and local financial aid, threatening a policy that has helped immigrant students afford college for nearly a decade. #AbuseOfPowerWatch

📍 𝐍𝐄𝐖 𝐉𝐄𝐑𝐒𝐄𝐘:

Sen. Kim says Delaney Hall’s cruelty is “by design,” fueled by a for-profit detention system that makes money by keeping people locked up. Detainees have reported serious medical problems, while 3 people have died while or shortly after being held at the facility. #AbuseOfPowerWatch

📍 𝐍𝐄𝐖 𝐘𝐎𝐑𝐊:

Twenty-five years after 9/11, undocumented immigrant workers who cleaned up Ground Zero and helped rebuild lower Manhattan are now facing the threat of deportation. Workers once praised for helping New York recover say they are afraid to leave their homes. #AbuseOfPowerWatch

📍 𝐍𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐀𝐋:

170,000 Salvadoran TPS holders have been left in legal and employment limbo after the administration missed a deadline to decide whether to extend or terminate their protections. #AbuseOfPowerWatch

📍 𝐍𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐀𝐋:

The Trump administration is proposing to exclude undocumented immigrants from the population counts used to determine representation in Congress. The Census has historically counted all people who usually live in the U.S., regardless of citizenship status. #AbuseOfPowerWatch

📍 𝐍𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐀𝐋:

Immigrant children are increasingly being forced to face deportation proceedings without lawyers, after the administration dismantled a nationwide legal-aid network that had hundreds of attorneys representing unaccompanied minors. #AbuseOfPowerWatch

📍 𝐍𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐀𝐋:

ICE has launched a new tip line asking Americans to report truck drivers they suspect of being undocumented, raising concerns about racial profiling and discrimination. #AbuseOfPowerWatch

📍 𝐌𝐈𝐍𝐍𝐄𝐒𝐎𝐓𝐀:

Adam Abdullah, a Somali asylum seeker who says he had a valid work permit, Social Security number and regularly checked in with ICE, was arrested in Minnesota and ultimately transferred to Guantánamo Bay. Abdullah says agents never explained why he was targeted. #AbuseOfPowerWatch

📍 𝐈𝐋𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐎𝐈𝐒:

Members of Illinois’ congressional delegation are calling for a federal investigation into 21 DHS agents accused of excessive force and other misconduct during Operation Midway Blitz involving shootings, beatings, and indiscriminate use of tear gas. #AbuseOfPowerWatch

📍 𝐒𝐏𝐑𝐈𝐍𝐆𝐅𝐈𝐄𝐋𝐃, 𝐎𝐇:

Pierre Damas Bel, 20-year-old Haitian college student, died after being struck by a semi-truck days after starting college with an ICE ankle monitor. His family says he had been bullied and deeply distressed by the device. His death is under investigation. #AbuseOfPowerWatch

📍 𝐌𝐀𝐑𝐒𝐇𝐀𝐋𝐋, 𝐌𝐎:

As TPS for Salvadorans is set to end today, an estimated 170,000 people could lose work authorization and face deportation, including workers like Alma Sandoval, who has spent decades building a life in the U.S. #AbuseOfPowerWatch

📍 𝐌𝐈𝐍𝐍𝐄𝐒𝐎𝐓𝐀:

The Justice Department has charged ICE officer Christian Castro with six counts of making false statements to investigators after he allegedly lied about the circumstances surrounding his shooting of a Venezuelan man. #AbuseOfPowerWatch